Compliance requirements
A bidder will be excluded if the bidder, or a person authorised to represent, manage or control it, has been convicted of participation in a criminal organisation, breach of integrity duties, corruption, fraud, terrorism-related offences, money laundering or terrorist financing; of enabling illegal employment or breaches of the conditions for employing foreign nationals in Estonia, including underpayment; or of unlawful child labour or human trafficking. A bidder may also be excluded for tax, social security or environmental charge debts. The contracting authority may exclude a bidder for substantial or repeated breaches of an earlier public contract that led to termination, withdrawal, a price reduction, damages or a contractual penalty, or for providing false qualification information or failing to provide requested information or documents. The bidder must confirm that none of the stated mandatory or discretionary exclusion grounds apply.
Qualification criteria and exclusion grounds
The bidder must have properly completed at least three contracts for electrical construction works similar to this procurement during the 60 months preceding the start of the procurement. At least one contract must have had a value of EUR 80,000 or more, excluding VAT. Submit a list stating each contract’s performance period, the other contracting party’s details (including a contact person’s telephone number and email address), and the procurement reference number where applicable. Evidence of proper performance must be provided on request unless the contracting authority can obtain it from databases without significant expense.
The team must include a worker authorised to carry out the switching operations required for the works on the 0.22–20 kV network, including operational switching, isolation and earthing, re-energising and restoration of the normal configuration, except at regional and distribution substations. The worker must be registered in Elektrilevi’s partner portal by the applicable deadline. For works limited to low voltage (0.22–1 kV), low-voltage switching rights are required; otherwise both low- and medium-voltage switching rights are required, including where medium-voltage-side switching is needed for low-voltage work. The team must also include a person responsible for the work operation, registered in the partner portal by the tender submission deadline, and a person leading electrical works with valid A-level competence and/or a qualification of at least level 6, supported by evidence and registered in the portal by that deadline.
Submit the price in the prescribed table and complete every unit-price field, taking account of the separate instructions for document V178. The bidder must accept all tender-document conditions; conditional or qualified bids are not permitted. Provide the name, position and contact details of the contract signatory or signatories and a contact person for contract-performance matters. Include a power of attorney if the signatory’s authority does not arise from the articles of association. Joint bidders must appoint an authorised representative and provide the relevant authorisation.
Participation is not permitted for an undertaking established or resident in Russia or Belarus. Materials, equipment and goods, including components, used in the works must not be produced in or originate from Russia or Belarus; the contracting authority may request certificates of origin. Standard payment periods are 14 calendar days for contracts up to EUR 59,999, 35 days for contracts from EUR 60,000 to EUR 249,999, and 45 days for contracts of EUR 250,000 or more. Participation in the contracting authority’s factoring programme applies a 95-calendar-day payment period.